We all have our go-to places for a meal out or a takeaway. But do you know the food hygiene rating of your favourite?

There is one takeaway which scored zero in North Tyneside and there are a total of 12 pubs, bars, restaurants and takeaways in North Tyneside that currently have a one out of five rating for food hygiene.

Important note: All these ratings were taken from the FSA’s website as they appeared on the morning of Friday, November 24, 2017. The establishments in question may be awaiting re-inspection.

Food hygiene inspections are carried out in pubs, bars and clubs regularly by local authorities.

How are the ratings decided?

Each business is given their hygiene rating when it is inspected by a food safety officer from the business’s local authority. The food safety officer inspecting the business checks how well the business is meeting the law by looking at:

How hygienically the food is handled – how it is prepared, cooked, re-heated, cooled and stored.

The condition of the structure of the buildings – the cleanliness, layout, lighting, ventilation and other facilities.

How the business manages and records what it does to make sure food is safe.

At the end of the inspection, the business is given one of the six ratings from zero to five. The top rating of five means that the business was found to have “very good” hygiene standards.